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FS#64061 - [libldap] Dependency on e2fsprogs?

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Steve M (smmalis37) - Tuesday, 08 October 2019, 02:48 GMT
Last edited by freswa (frederik) - Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 10:30 GMT
Task Type General Gripe
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To freswa (frederik)
Architecture All
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:
I'm curious as to why a library for a network protocol has a dependency on file-system level utilities. This feels odd to me, as I wouldn't expect plain protocol support to require a specific filesystem. Can this dependency be removed? If not, should there be a dependency on similar utilities for other filesystems?
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Closed by  freswa (frederik)
Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 10:30 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  in trunk
Comment by Steve M (smmalis37) - Tuesday, 08 October 2019, 03:02 GMT
See also https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/64062
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Tuesday, 08 October 2019, 03:03 GMT
Your other ticket has nothing to do with this one at all.
Comment by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Tuesday, 08 October 2019, 03:05 GMT
I'm unsure myself why it is needed, but it's been that way since 2011 (version 2.4.26-1).

Note that krb5 depends on e2fsprogs for a very good reason (or arguably a very bad reason) -- and it also depends on libldap -- so this may have been related to why it originally got added.

The reason krb5 depends on e2fsprogs is because it requires the shared library libcom_err.so, which considers itself to be the "Common error description library". Yes, it is bizarre.

For extra humor value, btrfs-progs and reiserfsprogs both require e2fsprogs for the same reason. Have fun with that. ;)

... But yes, this does not seem to be the case for libldap specifically.
Comment by Steve M (smmalis37) - Tuesday, 08 October 2019, 03:17 GMT
Interesting, thanks for the info! Should libcom_err be moved into its own package that e2fsprogs and all these other packages could depend on instead? Or is the benefit of that too small to matter?
Comment by Balló György (City-busz) - Friday, 27 January 2023, 02:58 GMT
libldap is not linked to e2fsprogs' libraries at all, so this dependency should be removed.
Comment by Balló György (City-busz) - Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 01:20 GMT
  • Field changed: Percent Complete (100% → 0%)
The dependency is not removed yet. Please remove e2fsprogs from depends=() of libldap, not just from makedepends=().

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